This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage

by Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad

This is the book that any grandmother, mother, sister, or friend will want to give to a new bride...and to herself. How did a farm boy from North Dakota and a willful 17 year old from South Dakota forge a relationship that has lasted more than six decades? How did they withstand tragedy, unprecedented social upheaval, breast cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, and 400,000 miles of travel together? And why do they say, after all that has happened, And so we lived happily ever after? Lois Hjelmstad, award-winning author of Fine Black Lines and The Last Violet, now shares her poignant story of a marriage that has thrived against the odds. Richly detailed, with a deep understanding of life, this memoir is a gift to any couple--unmarried, newly married, and those wishing to reclaim or retain what they have had. Some bits of core advice from This Nurture your primary relationship tenaciously. Fall in love with each new person your mate becomes. Create a post-parenthood marriage. Reinvent your life to fit changing personal and societal circumstances. Foster a lifelong sexual connection.

274 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2010

Reviews

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this author after she commented on a blog I read. She mentioned the COVID-changed service they held for her beloved husband, and she shared the youtube links. Then I found her blog, and this book.

My husband and I have been married 28 years, which seems a long time. But it is less than half the time she had with her beloved! This book is an amazing glimpse into that love and those years, with poems here and there. There is joy and comfort and grief and strength and promise within these pages.

If you see this, dear Lois, I thank you.

[Tuesday Persinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing journey

I'm so thankful I chose this book to read, it s enlightened me immensely, what a journey!!! Love endures all things, that is evident with the turn of every page of this book!!!

[LibraryLady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Realistic look at 60 years of marriage including original poems.